Patents Examined by Jacqueline F. Stephens
  • Patent number: 10449099
    Abstract: An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles comprising first and second absorbent cores, the array comprising a Core Bracket Maximum Difference of the absorbent core of the second size is less than the Core Bracket Maximum Difference of the absorbent core of the first size and/or a Maximum Core Bracket of the absorbent core of the second size is equal to or less than the Maximum Core Bracket of the absorbent core of the first size and/or a Minimum Core Bracket of the absorbent core of the second size is equal to or greater than the Minimum Core Bracket of the absorbent core of the first size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon
  • Patent number: 10441476
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to taped and pant articles comprising substantially identical chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Michael Gary Nease, Gene Xiaoqing Huang, Jacob Alan Barnhorst, Masaharu Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10420683
    Abstract: Absorbent article having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, a front portion, a rear portion and a middle portion located between the rear portion and the front portion is disclosed. The article has a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge extending in said longitudinal direction, and a first transverse side edge and a second transverse side edge extending in the transverse direction. The article includes a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a first and a second fastening tab attached to said article. The first and second fastening tabs each has a first surface including a first fastener and a second surface including a second fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Miguel Rivas, Kent Hermansson
  • Patent number: 10420854
    Abstract: A diaper and a method of manufacturing thereof that include a composition located on, in, or near an area of the diaper that will contact skin of an individual when the individual is wearing the diaper. The composition is formulated to reduce the risk of formation of a rash or pressure ulcer on the skin of the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventors: Kristin Raver, Tracy Harkins-Ripple
  • Patent number: 10414957
    Abstract: This invention claims low application temperature hot melt adhesive compositions including at least about 15% by weight of a first styrene block copolymer with a melt flow rate of at least about 15 g/10 minutes (190° C., 2.16 kgs) and a diblock content of no greater than about 10% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: Ameara S. Mansour, Kevin P. Davis, David B. Malcolm, Mark S. Kroll, Steven R. Vaughan, Timothy W. Roska, Evan Yuan
  • Patent number: 10413453
    Abstract: A stretchable structure for absorbent article includes: a sheet-like member (12S) that is composed of one air permeable material (120) and has a plurality of pleats (80) arranged at intervals so as not to overlap in a fallen state and inter-pleat portions (85) overlapping in the state in which the pleats (80) are fallen; and elongated resilient and elastic members (90) provided between opposing surfaces (80a and 80b) of the pleats (80) along a longitudinal direction of the pleats (80). The pleats (80) are continuously or intermittently joined in the longitudinal direction of the pleats (80) such that at least the opposing surfaces (80a and 80b) of base portions (81) are not spaced from each other. Outer surfaces of the pleats (80) are not joined to the inter-pleat portions (85) except for both longitudinal ends of the pleats (80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiko Adachi, Akiko Honda, Michiyo Taneda, Yosuke Mori
  • Patent number: 10413457
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable absorbent article with a chassis body having a first end margin and a second end margin longitudinally spaced from the first end margins. The article further includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent composite disposed between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent composite includes a first fabric, a second fabric, and absorbent particles disposed between the first and second fabric. The first fabric is intermittently attached to the second fabric to define a plurality of containers situated therebetween, each containing an aggregate of absorbent particles. The absorbent composite includes regions of such absorbent particles aggregates, including a primary region having containers of a first size and a secondary region having a plurality of containers of a second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DSG Technology Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Wright, Eugenio Varona
  • Patent number: 10398610
    Abstract: The absorbent article includes a topsheet having a body contacting surface, a backsheet joined to said topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core has a first absorbent core comprising a first area and a second area, wherein the first absorbent core and the second absorbent core are vertically arranged, wherein the second absorbent core at least partially covers the second area of the first absorbent core, and wherein the first absorbent core and the second absorbent core are different from each other at least in composition, density or absorption capacity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Miguel Alvaro Robles, Bruce William Lavash, Sion Agami, John Lee Hammons
  • Patent number: 10398607
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a main body with an absorbent core, and a ring-like elastic belt, is disclosed. The article may include a front belt and a back belt each formed by an inner sheet, an outer sheet and a plurality of elastic bodies sandwiched therebetween and running in the transverse direction. The elastic bodies in the back belt may include a plurality of waist elastic bodies having elasticity over the entire transverse width of the back belt; a plurality of tummy elastic bodies removed of their elasticity in at least a portion overlapping the absorbent core, and a core edge elastic body disposed overlapping the absorbent core and adjacent the distal edge of the absorbent core, the core edge elastic body having elasticity over the entire transverse width of the back belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Koichi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10398611
    Abstract: A packaged absorbent article having a body surface and a garment surface; and a wrapper sheet for wrapping the absorbent article so that at least a portion of the garment surface of the absorbent article can be seen through the wrapper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Akane Matsuo, Sachiko Ninomiya, Tsunetoshi Miura
  • Patent number: 10390988
    Abstract: The invention discloses an ostomy accessory (20) for an intestinal stoma of a mammal ostomy patient, adapted to be used together with an implanted constriction device with an artificial closing sphincter function for closing the intestinal passageway. The ostomy accessory is adapted to absorb secret from the mucosa wall of the part of the intestine which is distal to the constriction device, which may secrete or disseminate some liquid matter, which may thus spill out and cause discomfort to the patient, for example by staining the clothes of the patient. The ostomy accessory comprises an insertion portion (21) for insertion into said intestinal stoma and comprising an absorbing body (23, 24, 25) for absorbing and retaining liquid matter consisting of liquid secreted from a mucosa wall of the intestine (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 10383776
    Abstract: A tampon assembly having a barrel, a plunger, and a pledget is provided. The plunger is slidably received in the barrel. The pledget is in the barrel between the insertion tip and the plunger so that a force applied on the plunger can expel the pledget from the barrel. The barrel has a plurality of petals defining an insertion tip, which has a first taper ratio of more than about 0.3 to less than 1.0. The pledget has a shaped tip that is disposed in the insertion tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Edgett, Patrick Gorham, George Jarmon, Jessica LeMay
  • Patent number: 10383775
    Abstract: A tampon assembly includes a substantially inflexible and relatively thin impermeable portion having two opposite side faces and an outer edge which is oval in shape and markedly oval in form so that the oval shape of the impermeable portion has a largest dimension as measured through the center of the impermeable portion and a smallest dimension as measured through the center of the impermeable portion, and the largest dimension is at least about 1.5 times the size of the smallest dimension. The assembly further includes an absorbent pad portion which is secured to one side face of the impermeable portion so that when the assembly is positioned within a user, the absorbent pad portion is positioned in a condition for absorbing fluids and the outer edge of the impermeable portion sealingly engages the walls of the vaginal canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Inventor: Kathleen Edmunds
  • Patent number: 10376420
    Abstract: A personal hygiene article includes a chassis with a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent component between the topsheet and the backsheet. At least one portion of the personal hygiene article includes a microporous film having an opaque, microporous region and at least one see-through region of lower porosity within the opaque, microporous region. The microporous film can include a beta-nucleating agent or can have thermally induced phase separation caused by a diluent. A container includes a microporous film enclosing at least one personal hygiene article. The microporous film has an opaque, microporous region and at least one see-through region of lower porosity forming a window within the opaque, microporous region. Methods of making the personal hygiene article and container are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Neelakandan Chandrasekaran, Robert L. W. Smithson, Leigh E. Wood, Timothy V. Stagg
  • Patent number: 10376423
    Abstract: A system for monitoring at least one characteristic of biological material of an individual includes a wearable product. The wearable product includes an outer surface and a skin contact surface defining an internal area. An analysis portal is disposed in the internal area, and includes a sensing portion and an investigation portion. The sensing portion has at least one sensor, and the investigation portion that includes a computing device having a health screener. The sensing portion of the analysis portal comes into contact with a biological material of the individual, and the health screener is configured to determine at least one characteristic of the biological material. The computing device is communicatively coupled to the sensors and the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NEWTONOID TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Fielding B. Staton, David Strumpf
  • Patent number: 10369062
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an exterior sheet formed of a nonwoven fabric laminate (1) in which a first nonwoven fabric layer (2), a second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and a third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are laminated from the outer side, wherein the first nonwoven fabric layer (2) and the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) are joined to each other at first joining parts (6), the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are joined to each other at second joining parts (7), and a number of the first joining parts is smaller than that of the second joining parts (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kenji Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 10369059
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable hygiene article comprising a melt-spun elastic fiber, in particular a diaper. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process for preparing a disposable hygiene article comprising the steps of providing a melt-spun elastic fiber and applying the melt-spun elastic fiber to a disposable hygiene article or a part which is used to prepare the disposable hygiene article; as well as the use of a melt-spun elastic fiber in a preparation process for preparing a disposable hygiene article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Bin-Erik Chen
  • Patent number: 10363356
    Abstract: An irrigator system for delivering a volume of fluid from a fluid source to an abscess or wound. The irrigator system includes a fluid source connector for removably connecting to the fluid source, a fluid receiver for receiving the fluid from the fluid source, a fluid delivery nozzle for delivering the fluid to the abscess or wound, and a shield removably positioned around the fluid delivery nozzle to protect the fluid delivery nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Inventor: Joseph P. Schultz
  • Patent number: 10357588
    Abstract: Absorbent articles are described comprising an absorbent composite. The absorbent composite comprises a first absorbent layer comprising a polymeric foam having an average cell size of at least 100 microns. The polymeric foam has at least one property selected from a) an indentation force deflection of less than 75 N at 50%; or b) a constant deflection compression set of less than 25% for a deflection of 50%; or a combination of a) and b); and a second absorbent layer in fluid communication with the fluid transport layer. In another embodiment, the a second absorbent layer has an average absorption capacity of at least 20 g/g. In another embodiment, a polyurethane foam is described having an average cell size of at least 100 microns. The polyurethane foam comprises the reaction product of at least one polyol component having polyethylene oxide units and a polyisocyanate component that comprises at least 75 wt-% of at least one polymeric polyisocyanate that lacks urethane linkages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Delton R. Thompson, Jr., Robert L. Rowan
  • Patent number: 10350119
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a first nonwoven layer comprising a plurality of apertures and a second nonwoven layer is provided. One of the first and second nonwoven layers is a pre-strained layer and is joined to the other one of the first and second nonwoven layers. The other one of the first and second nonwoven layers is a non-pre-strained layer. The pre-strained layer and the non-pre-strained layer together form a three-dimensional laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Timothy Ian Mullane, Kelyn Anne Arora, Jill Marlene Orr, Donald Carroll Roe, Jennifer Schutte, John Brian Strube, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Rachael Eden Walther, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Margaret Elizabeth Porter